Loyal Duck fan turns 100, plans to watch game
By KVAL.com staffEUGENE, Ore. -- When Florence Douglas was born, there were no such things as toasters, traffic signals or color TV. Or TV, period.
Florence turned 100 years old on Thursday. Florence is a 1931 graduate of the University of Oregon. She celebrated at home in South Eugene, and the Duck himself made it out to celebrate her big day. So what is Florence's secret to a long life? "It's just a matter of good luck," she said. "Good genes, you know?" Florence has remained a loyal Duck fan after all these years. She plans to celebrate her birthday this weekend by watching the Duck football team take on the Huskies.
She was born on Oct. 22, 1909, in Baker City, Ore., and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1931. Douglas lived for 40 years in Washington D.C., where her husband, Jesse, (UO class of 1931) helped to establish the National Archives and later the military archival records for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during World War II. Together they enjoyed assignments in Berlin and Paris, where Jesse was posted as an intelligence officer. During that time, she served as an advisor on the Fulbright Scholarship Committee in Germany and later worked as a staff member for the Fulbright Scholarship Program after returning to Washington D.C. Florence was widowed in 1965 and returned to Oregon to settle in Eugene. She has been an active member of the Eugene Unitarian Church, an advocate for the United Nations Association, a supporter of programs for the homeless, and a volunteer Braille transcriber for the blind. Douglas has a son, Jesse, of Tennessee, a daughter Barbara Sophia of Eugene, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. |
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